“Fire Island is open for business,” Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine declared while leading a walking tour of Fire Island Pines on Monday.

“We’re here in front of a pine tree that they just planted. The original, that represented the Pines, were blown down during the storm. This is back up, all the businesses are back up you can see they’re rebuilding,” Romaine told reporters including WCBS 880’s Ginny Kosola.

Even The Pavilion, the popular restaurant and night spot that burned in 2011, has been reconstructed.

Fire Island Pines, ready for July fourth holiday visitors. The Pavilion, left, a popular restaurant complex that burned in 2011, has been reconstructed and is open. (credit: Ginny Kosola/WCBS 880)

“Businesses depend on literally three, three and a half months of the year to make their money. Not all of Fire Island is year-round, there are some parts that are but most of it isn’t. So it’s important that we let everyone that we’re open, it’s a great place to come and relax, it’s off the beaten path,” Romaine told 1010 WINS.

“We had crews out there working even in December getting rid of the sand that had blown across some of the homes and walkways, taking up the broken debris and carting off the island,” Romaine told 1010 WINS. “So even in December, we were working.”